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Thorne Research, Inc.401(k)

THORNE RESEARCH, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SUMMERVILLE, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.88%

Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Thorne Research, Inc. reported $166,662 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.88% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,129 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.19% to 0.88%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 269th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 5,876th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.92 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 528 to 727 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,300,060
Participants with balances549
Active participants727
Employer contributions$1,547,432
Employee contributions$2,974,614
Employer contribution per active participant$2,129
Average account balance$36,976
Benefits paid to participants$3,997,584
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHAYDEN ROSS, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.3M · 549 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$17.5M · 439 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$12.5M · 376 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$166,481
Total administrative$166,662
The Thorne Research, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,129
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,129 per active participant
2023$1,798 per active participant
2022$2,052 per active participant

Thorne Research, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$166,662 · 0.88%
2023$51,114 · 0.34%
2022$24,644 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911248086 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.